An Abstract Theory of Computer Viruses

@incollection{Adleman90Abstract, abstract = {In recent years the detection of computer viruses has become common place. It appears that for the most part these viruses have been `benign' or only mildly destructive. However, whether or not computer viruses have the potential to cause major and prolonged disruptions of computing environments is an open question. Such basic questions as: How hard is it to detect programs infected by computer viruses? Can infected programs be `disinfected'? What forms of protection exist? How destructive can computer viruses be? have been at most partially addressed [Co1][Co2]1. Indeed a generally accepted definition of computer virus has yet to emerge. For these reasons, a rigorous study of computer viruses seems appropriate.}, author = {Adleman, Leonard M. }, citeulike-article-id = {1443234}, journal = {Advances in Cryptology - CRYPTO '88: Proceedings}, keywords = {virus}, pages = {1--354}, posted-at = {2007-09-12 11:18:45}, priority = {5}, title = {An Abstract Theory of Computer Viruses}, url = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/1bp81mdjvgkfwkff }, year = {1990} }

TY - CHAP ID - Adleman90Abstract L3 - citeulike-article-id:1443234 TI - An Abstract Theory of Computer Viruses JF - Advances in Cryptology - CRYPTO '88: Proceedings SP - 1 EP - 354 N2 - In recent years the detection of computer viruses has become common place. It appears that for the most part these viruses have been `benign' or only mildly destructive. However, whether or not computer viruses have the potential to cause major and prolonged disruptions of computing environments is an open question. Such basic questions as: How hard is it to detect programs infected by computer viruses? Can infected programs be `disinfected'? What forms of protection exist? How destructive can computer viruses be? have been at most partially addressed [Co1][Co2]1. Indeed a generally accepted definition of computer virus has yet to emerge. For these reasons, a rigorous study of computer viruses seems appropriate. KW - virus AU - Adleman, Leonard PY - 1990/// UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/1bp81mdjvgkfwkff ER -